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THIRD  SERIES.  Vol.  V,  No.  7 

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UN’vrpsiTy  of  *lunois. 


SUMMEK  SESSION 

June  24  to  August  3,  1912 


SPECIAL  ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF  COURSES  IN 

AGRICULTURAL  EDUCATION 


JANUARY,  1912 


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THE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 


ADMINISTRATIVE  BULLETINS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
1911-12.  No.  8 


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SUMMER  SESSION 

June  24  to  August  3,  1912 


SPECIAL  ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF  COURSES  IN 

AGRICULTURAL  EDUCATION 


JANUARY,  1912 


A  special  announcement  of  the  courses  in  Physical  Education  will  he 
ready  January  15;  in  Music,  March  15.  After  April  1,  a  Bulletin 
containing  full  information  regarding  the  entire  Summer  Session,  with  a 
detailed  announcement  of  courses  in  all  departments,  will  he  sent  on 
application  to  the  Dean  of  the  Summer  Session,  California  Hall,  Berkeley, 
California. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 


SUMMER  SESSION  OF  THE  ACADEMIC  COLLEGES,  1912 


Dates 

Monday,  June  24,  to  Saturday,  August  3. 

Registration 

Saturday,  June  22,  and  Monday,  June  24,  at  the  office  of  the  Recorder 
of  the  Faculties,  California  Hall.  On  these  days  fees  may  be  paid  from 
8:30  a.m.  to  3  p.m. 

Admission 

No  entrance  examinations  are  required.  Courses  are  open  to  any 
person  of  good  moral  character  and  of  sufficient  intelligence  to  profit 
thereby. 

Fees 

The  tuition  is  $15,  regardless  of  the  number  of  courses  taken.  This 
payment  entitles  the  student  to  the  full  privileges  of  the  University 
Library.  The  fee  is  required  of  those  who  wish  to  attend  as  auditors 
merely  as  well  as  of  those  who  wish  to  undertake  systematic  class  work 
and  examination. 

Credit 

Credit  toward  a  University  degree  is  in  every  case  subject  to  the 
requirement  that  the  student  shall  qualify  as  a  regular  matriculant,  either 
by  passing  the  entrance  examinations  or  otherwise. 

In  general,  credit  will  be  given  at  the  rate  of  one  unit  for  fifteen 
exercises.  A  course  of  five  lectures  weekly  during  six  weeks  would  have 
a  credit  value  of  two  units.  Credit  may  be  given,  in  due  proportion,  for 
a  smaller  number  of  exercises,  when  these  are  of  more  than  the  usual 
length  (which  for  lectures  and  recitations  is  about  fifty-three  minutes). 

The  normal  amount  of  credit  obtainable  during  the  session,  by  a 
student  who  devotes  his  whole  time  to  courses  strictly  of  university 
grade,  is  six  units.  A  bachelor’s  degree  represents  124  or  more  units  of 
credit,  distributed  according  to  the  requirements  of  the  college  in  which 
the  degree  is  conferred. 

One  year’s  residence  at  the  University  is  required  of  students  for  a 
master’s  degree.  Two  summer  sessions  may  be  rated  as  the  equivalent 
of  one  half-year  of  such  residence,  thus  making  it  possible  for  a  student 


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to  secure  a  master’s  degree  in  one  term  at  the  University  and  two  summer 
sessions,  or  in  four  summer  sessions. 

In  all  cases  where  work  is  satisfactorily  completed  a  certificate  of 
record  will  be  given,  upon  application,  even  though  the  student  be  not  a 
University  matriculant. 

Accommodations  and  Expenses 

There  are  many  boarding-houses  and  private  homes  in  Berkeley  where 
students  may  obtain  board  and  lodging  at  prices  ranging  from  $25  to 
$35  per  month.  As  the  greater  number  of  the  regular  students  are  not 
in  Berkeley  during  the  summer,  there  are  ample  accommodations  for  all 
members  of  the  Summer  Session.  Families  or  groups  of  students  desiring 
to  club  together  are  often  able  to  find  apartments,  cottages,  or  bunga¬ 
lows,  furnished  for  housekeeping.  A  list  of  places  offering  board  and 
lodging,  or  either  alone,  is  kept  on  file,  and  every  possible  assistance  will 
be  given  to  strangers  in  their  search  for  suitable  boarding  places.  It 
will  usually  be  found  more  satisfactory  to  engage  board  and  lodgings 
after  arrival  in  Berkeley,  The  whole  expense  of  attendance  at  the 
Summer  Session,  exclusive  of  railroad  fare  and  laboratory  fees,  need  not 
exceed  $65  or  $70. 

Reduced  Railroad  Fares 

Reduced  rates  of  one  first-class  round  trip  at  the  rate  of  a  fare  and 
a  third  are  offered  by  the  railroads  from  all  points  in  California. 

Evening  Lectures  and  Concerts 

In  addition  to  the  regular  courses  of  the  Summer  Session  arrangements 
will  be  made  for  a  series  of  evening  lectures  and  musical  entertain¬ 
ments.  All  members  of  the  Summer  Session  who  have  paid  the  regular 
tuition  fee  of  $15  will  be  admitted  to  the  evening  lectures  upon  pre¬ 
senting  their  registration  cards. 


PRELIMINARY  ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  COURSES  IN 
AGRICULTURAL  EDUCATION 

The  work  will  be  arranged  under  the  following  heads:  nature-study, 
school  gardens,  elementary  school  agriculture,  high  school  biological  science 
and  agriculture,  graduate  study  in  any  of  the  foregoing  subjects.  The 
chief  aim  will  be  to  give  definite,  practical  help  to  the  individual  teacher 
who  is  interested  in  any  of  these  subjects.  The  scope  of  the  work  will 
be  so  broad  that  teachers  of  all  grades,  including  normal  school  and 
college  instructors,  may  find  something  worth  while. 

The  staff  will  be  composed  of  experienced  teachers.  Dr.  Maurice  A. 
Bigelow,  Professor  of  Biology  in  Teachers’  College,  Columbia  University, 
will  have  general  supervision  of  the  work.  Professor  Bigelow  has  been 


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a  leader  in  the  nature-study  movement  and  for  several  years  was  editor 
of  The  Nature-Study  Review  and  secretary  of  the  American  Nature-Study 
Society.  In  his  supervision  of  the  work  in  Horace  Mann  School,  Teachers’ 
College,  he  has  had  ample  opportunity  to  select  the  best  in  subject  matter 
and  method  in  nature-study  and  high  school  biological  science.  Through 
his  joint  work  with  F.  E.  Lloyd  entitled  ‘  ‘  Teaching  of  Biology  in  the 
Secondary  School,”  he  has  become  known  to  the  high  school  teachers 
interested  in  the  zoological  and  physiological  phases  of  biology.  The 
recent  publication  of  his  high  school  text,  ‘^Applied  Biology,”  marks  a 
forward  step  in  secondary  education.  Altogether,  Professor  Bigelow’s 
coming  is  decidedly  opportune. 

Mr.  W.  G.  Hummel  is  an  instructor  in  agricultural  education  in  the 
University  of  California.  A  graduate  of  the  Illinois  College  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  he  has  had  considerable  experience  in  experiment  station  service 
and  teaching.  Since  coming  to  California  he  has  taught  agriculture  with 
success  in  Oxnard  and  Fresno  high  schools.  Now  his  time  is  largely 
devoted  to  the  problems  of  high  school  instruction  in  agriculture,  and, 
as  official  visitor  for  the  division,  he  is  in  very  close  touch  with  conditions 
in  this  State.  At  the  same  time  through  his  technical  knowledge  he  is 
well  qualified  to  give  the  informational  course  for  elementary  school¬ 
teachers. 

Mr.  F.  H.  Bolster,  Instructor  in  Botany  and  Horticulture  in  the 
University  Farm  School,  at  Davis,  is  a  teacher  of  wide  and  successful 
experience.  After  teaching  in  the  East  and  supervising  in  the  Philip¬ 
pines,  he  undertook  post-graduate  study  in  the  University  of  California, 
qualified  for  the  state  certificate,  and  became  science  teacher  at  Gardena, 
the  first  high  school  to  introduce  instruction  in  agriculture.  Later  he 
introduced  the  agricultural  work  in  Oxnard  High  School.  He  is  prepared 
to  help  every  teacher  who  elects  to  study  under  him. 

Mr.  C.  A.  Stebbins,  Instructor  in  Agricultural  Education  in  the 
University  of  California,  is  becoming  known  throughout  the  State  through 
The  Junior  Agrieulturist,  the  children’s  paper  which  he  edits,  and  the 
California  Junior  Gardening  Club,  which  he  superintends.  No  doubt 
many  teachers  who  have  been  helped  through  the  interest  in  gardening 
which  he  has  aroused  in  their  pupils  will  want  to  come  to  Berkeley  next 
summer  to  see  the  original  ^‘garden  city”  and  to  prepare  to  teach 
agriculture. 

Nearly  every  teacher  who  comes  for  any  of  the  work  announced  in 
this  circular  will  desire  suggestions  and  advice  in  regard  to  the  improve¬ 
ment  and  decoration  of  the  school  grounds.  Miss  Katherine  D.  Jones, 
Assistant  in  Agricultural  Education,  has  been  retained  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  this  personal  attention  to  individual  teachers.  This  is  a  new 


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arrangement  made  in  response  to  a  demand  and  it  is  expected  that  many- 
wili  avail  themselves  of  it. 

The  following  courses  have  been  definitely  arranged.  The  description 
of  each  course  is  to  some  extent  tentative,  but  while  minor  details  may 
be  changed  the  main  features  indicated  here  will  be  observed  by  the 
respective  instructors. 


I.  Nature-Study 

1.  General  Course  with  Laboratory. 

Professor  Bigelow  and  Mr.  Stebbins. 

A  comprehensive  course  combining  educational  discussions  with  study 
of  subject  matter  through  the  use  of  illustrative  material  with  which 
teachers  ought  to  be  familiar.  Some  of  this  illustrative  material  will  be 
presented  in  the  form  of  type  lessons  which  will  serve  as  a  basis  for  the 
educational  discussions. 

The  laboratory  work  will  be  planned  to  supplement  the  type  lessons 
and  educational  discussions  through  the  first-hand  study  of  subject  matter. 
It  will  consist  of  a  series  of  exercises  on  seeds,  germination,  soil,  capil¬ 
larity,  insect  life-histories,  birds,  plants,  and  other  objects  and  processes. 
Daily  lectures  with  demonstrations  and  daily  laboratory. 

2.  Pro-seminar.  Professor  Bigelow. 

Bound  table  conferences  on  current  problems  of  nature-study  teaching 

— introduction,  organization,  methods,  supervision,  correlation,  relation 
to  school  gardens  and  agriculture.  Designed  especially  for  superintend¬ 
ents,  principals,  supervisors,  and  teachers  who  are  especially  .interested. 
1  hr.,  T  H. 


II.  School  Gardens 

3.  Gardens  and  Garden  Practice.  Mr.  Bolster. 

The  course  will  consist  of  (1)  class-room  work  and  (2)  actual  practice 
in  growing  vegetables  and  flowers. 

The  class-room  exercises  will  consist  of  lectures,  recitations,  and 
reports  upon  the  planning  and  planting  of  school  and  home  gardens — 
fundamental  principles  of  landscape  art,  selection  of  plants,  making  of 
plans.  This  work  may  involve  the  study  of  a  text  and  consultation  of 
works  on  gardening  and  ornamental  plants. 

The  garden  practice  will  be  carried  on  in  a  special  garden  which  will 
accommodate  forty  students.  No  fee  will  be  charged  for  this  course,  but 
each  student  is  expected  to  furnish  his  own  garden  tools  and  seeds.  The 
total  cost  of  these  is  about  $2.25.  After  the  gardens  are  planted  the 


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practice  work  may  include  exercises  in  plant  propagation,  seedage  methods, 
making  and  rooting  cuttings,  potting,  budding,  and  grafting. 

Lectures  and  recitations,  M  W  F.  Practice  Tu  Th. 

4.  Training  Course  in  School  Garden  Supervision.  Mr.  Stebbins. 

This  course  will  consist  largely  in  the  management,  under  supervision, 

of  elementary  school  pupils  who  work  in  the  children’s  gardens  on  the 
University  campus.  This  will  include  frequent  conferences  with  the 
instructor  in  charge.  The  pupils,  about  two  hundred  in  number,  are 
organized  into  an  embryo  community  called  ‘  ‘  The  Garden  City.  ’  ’  All 
the  activities  included  in  the  production  and  marketing  of  vegetables 
and  flowers  and  the  business  of  banking  will  be  in  operation.  There 
will  be  ample  opportunity  for  interesting  work  in  supervision  for  as  many 
as  wish  to  undertake  it.  A  daily  appointment  of  at  least  one  hour  in 
the  garden  city,  or  the  equivalent,  will  be  required  with  the  necessary 
conferences. 

III.  Elementary  School  Agriculture 

5.  Farm  Crops  and  Livestock.  Mr.  Hummel. 

The  course  will  consist  in  the  presentation  of  some  of  the  most  im¬ 
portant  subject  matter  included  in  grammar  school  agriculture — the 
fundamental  principles  of  seedage,  irrigation,  and  tillage;  a  detailed 
study  of  typical  crops,  such  as  wheat,  alfalfa,  potato,  peach,  apple, 
orange;  a  study  of  types,  breeds,  care  and  improvement  of  the  horse,  the 
dairy  cow,  and  poultry. 

Daily  lectures  with  supplementary  reading.  Students  wall  be  expected 
to  provide  themselves  with  Hilgard  and  Osterhout’s  ‘‘Agriculture  for 
Schools  of  the  Pacific  Slope.  ’  ’ 

IV.  High  School  Biological  Science  and  Agriculture 

6.  The  Teaching  of  Biological  Sciences  in  the  High  School. 

Professor  Bigelow. 

This  course  will  consider  the  aims  and  values  of  secondary  school 
science,  the  place  of  the  biological  sciences,  comparative  study  of  typical 
courses,  organization  and  equipment,  present  tendencies  and  needs  in 
science  teaching.  Teachers  intending  to  enroll  in  this  course  may  profit¬ 
ably  familiarize  themselves  with  Professor  and  Anna  N.  Bigelow’s  new 
high  school  text,  “Applied  Biology”  (The  Macmillan  Company).  The 
following  extract  from  the  preface  will  give  a  suggestion  as  to  the  aims 
of  the  authors  in  preparing  this  work. 

‘  ‘  This  book  is  intended  for  use  as  a  combined  text-book  and  practical 
guide  for  a  year’s  course  of  five  hours  per  week.  It  attempts  to  select 
from  the  fields  of  botany,  zoology,  and  human  biology  the  essential  facts 
and  especially  the  great  ideas  of  the  science  of  life  which  are  of  interest 


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to  the  average  intelligent  person  who  has  no  time  and  reason  for  more 
extensive  study  of  biology. 

‘^The  word  ‘applied’  in  the  title  of  this  volume  should  not  be  under¬ 
stood  in  the  limited  sense  of  economics,  nor  solely  with  reference  to 
human  physiology  and  hygiene.  It  is  true  that  in  these  two  lines  biology 
has  vastly  important  applications  to  human  life,  but  it  must  not  be  over¬ 
looked  that  in  certain  phases  the  science  has  value  in  the  intellectual  and 
aesthetic  life  of  cultured  citizens.  Hence,  in  the  most  liberal  interpre¬ 
tation,  ‘applied  biology’  must  present  those  facts  and  ideas  of  the  science 
which  apply  to  human  life  in  its  combined  intellectual,  aesthetic,  economic, 
and  hygienic  outlook.  It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  authors  to  select  for 
this  book  the  facts  and  ideas  in  these  lines  which  seem  best  adapted  to 
that  stage  of  education  which  for  the  vast  majority  of  students  is  the 
climax  of  formal  education.  In  other  words,  it  has  been  attempted  to 
present  the  science  of  biology  applied  to  the  daily  life  of  the  average 
intelligent  citizen.  ’  ’ 

Lectures  and  discussions.  M  W  F. 

7.  The  Teaching  of  Agriculture  in  the  High  School.  Mr.  Hummel. 
Lectures  and  class  discussions  on  the  organization  of  the  high  school 

course  in  agriculture — the  recent  development  of  secondary  education  in 
agriculture;  the  place  of  agriculture  in  the  high  school  curriculum;  the 
problem  of  sequence  in  the  agriculture  course;  selection  of  subject  matter; 
aims  and  methods  of  presentation;  relation  of  general  agriculture  to  the 
special  agriculture  subjects;  the  problem  of  laboratory  and  field  exer¬ 
cises;  the  agricultural  library;  the  agricultural  teacher. 

Students  will  be  expected  to  secure  Bricker ’s  ‘  ‘  The  Teaching  of 
Agriculture  in  the  High  School.”  Daily. 

8.  The  High  School  Course  in  Horticulture.  Mr.  Bolster. 

Lectures  with  demonstrations  on  the  teaching  of  horticulture  in  the 

high  schools — aims  of  the  course,  organization  and  selection  of  material, 
determination  of  sequence,  relation  to  local  industry,  fundamental  oper¬ 
ations,  laboratory,  garden,  and  field  work.  Eeferences  for  outside  reading 
and  reports. 

Daily. 

GRADUATE  COURSE 

9.  Special  Topics.  The  Staff. 

The  opportunity  is  offered  for  properly  prepared  students  to  pursue 

the  individual  study  of  such  topics  as  they  may  select  subject  to  the 
approval  of  one  of  the  instructors.  This  would  involve  original  study, 
with  a  report  satisfactory  to  the  instructor  concerned.  This  may  be  the 
beginning  of  research  work  that  might  serve  as  a  basis  for  the  master’s 
thesis. 


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as  second-class  matter,  under  the  Act  of  Congress 
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Engineering. 

The  Annual  Announcement  of  the  Summer  Session. 

The  Annual  Announcements  of  the  Colleges  of  Dentistry,  Law, 
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